look at that. we can barely see those lights across the parking lot from anne arundel community college. this is the current set-up. no doubt 100% humidity and very light wind. this is the latest live image from your harbor. that fog level on the low clouds getting lower and lower. losing the tops of the buildings. fog is thicker, just outside of downtown. we're looking at 40s across the area. fog advisory through 9:00. we'll break sun out and go to 70 this afternoon. right now, let's see what's happening on the roads. just hold your patience. kim has a lot to talk about. >> actually, it could be worse. a lot of the major roadways are checking in for the most part, incident free. we don't have anything working around 695. 95 also looking good this morning. volume delays making things sluggish. clear past the baltimore

national pike. tunnels are checking in pretty clean. we have an accident working southbound uh, route 29 in columbia at broken land parkway. up in darlington, we have an issue at conowingo road. the northbound lanes get by. the southbound lanes are closed at castleton road. police are on the scene providing a detour this morning. >> 6:31. thanks again. we all have a little fred sanford in us. how old is your toaster oven? today we can trade up. here's sherrie johnson. live and let's make a deal, sherrie. >> reporter: i feel like i'm on the game show let's make a deal. some people could come down here and make a good deal with the cash for appliances rebate. take a look at this stuff. state-of-the-art equipment here. look at these washers and dryers. all in an effort to save you money. it's in conjunction with earth day. so far about 35 states have launched this program. it's designed to stimulate the

economy while encouraging consumers to save energy with more efficient appliances. and right now i have met dawson with best buy stories here. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do you think about this rebate program? >> i think it's a great program to help our customers save additional money on energy efficient products and really get them into the new saving mode with these appliances. >> reporter: we talked to jeanine earlier. she was here bright and early. she said she got a good deal on a washer. what are you offering consumers to save? >> most of our appliances are on sale right now. you can save $200 right off the bat, plus the 50 to $150 for the super efficient product she got. so another $350 she'll be saving. >> excellent. thanks for taking to us. take a look at your screen. let's show you how this works.

maryland will offer a $300 rebate for energy star qualified heat pumps, water heaters and a $150 rebate for super efficient clothes washers and $100 rebate for super efficient refrigerators. you can find more information if you head to our website at abc2news.com and click on the slide show for a story. it'll take you to a link to the maryland energy administration. coming up at 6:45. we're going to talk once again to a representative at bge about how customers can save. 6:33. you believe you're buying a new release movie only to get home and find out it's a porn flick. a woman in washington bought what was labeled sherlock holmes dvd in wal-mart. when she opened the case she realized someone made a switch. >> i was pretty violated and

disgusted right away. sit down and open this movie and uh, it wasn't sherlock holmes. everything went pretty surreal fast. you don't believe it's going to happen. >> she says the movie was going to entertain children. well, thankfully she got it before any young eyes viewed its contents. wal-mart replaced the tampered with dvd for the real thing. the company is still trying to figure out what happened. the wal-mart spokesmen says returned dvds are never placed back on the store shelves. how about this? he's only four years old, but he's well on his way to becoming the next fire chief. grease spilled onto open flames in a kitchen stove. the little guy's mom tried to put it out but couldn't. she called the fire department and when the kids went to get out of the house.

the 4-year-old grabbed the fire extinguisher. >> i sprayed the fire out. >> you sprayed the fire out? >> how about that? . the child's mom says he learned to use it in daycare. if the boy hadn't put out the fire, it could have spread to other parts of the apartment. he was given a badge of courage for his actions. here's a move that looks like it belongs on a gymnastics floor or mat. look at this. the diver is fornham university's brian kineki. >> the first thought i had was jump over here. his dive caught everybody by surprise but he was safe. he scored a run for him team. they won this one. some tough video to watch. we have two british tourists run down in florida. it's all captured on tape. what police are saying about the drivers who took the lives of

these men. and ben roethlisberger will not be there for the steelers first game against the ravens. what he must do if he wants to return to pro-football. we take a look outside downtown. visibility is actually getting lower. 46 degrees. the sun has come up. we have until 9:00 for the dense fog advisory. a lot of patience on this morning's commute. this morning can be a whole lot better. more on that coming up. 6:36. here's kim. pretty much foggy everywhere. look at the west side of the beltway. outer loop at liberty road. traffic at a crawl as you make your way down towards i-70. take a quick peek at the maps. accidents in darlington. conowingo road, northbound to southbound continues to be closed at castleton. still dealing with a crash in howard county. we'll get into the fog warnings when we come back. let's get a check of buses and trains with mark jones. >> earlier delay on light rail. that's out of the way.

we're good for travel there. metro subway doing fine. the marc train system operating fine on camden, penn and brunswick lines. for the buses, dense fog out there slowing things up a bit. allow extra time for getting there if you travel by bus. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones.

20 minutes away from 7:00. florida police have showed a driver running down and killing two british tourists last year. the driver was charged last month. the suspect called his friend who met him at a gas station where he ditched the car. a new study out says motorcycle deaths are down and it appears the economy, not helmet laws are the reason. a 56% drop in deaths last year

compared to this year. 530 fewer deaths than last year. the decline is due in part to a cutback in recreational driving by motorcyclists. ben roethlisberger is out for more than six games. the two-time super bowl champion quarterback must undergo an evaluation by medical proceeds. he could be back on good behavior by week five if he does well. get rid of that old refrigerator, stove and washing machine and you could get serious cash today. >> reporter: i'll tell you about a new rebate program coming up. it was a happy reunion for some families this morning. the search continues for 11 other people after an oil rig explosion. we'll have the very latest for you. plus: we'll have the latest on the baltimore county skating rink. do county officials think it's too risky to stay open?

forget about the duck tours. there's a new dog in town. he'll take you around the harbor at lightning speed. 6:41 right now.

good morning to you. i'm jamie costello. megan will be on the clock tomorrow. the nfl draft is today. ravens will be picking late tonight, late tonight. this is the first time we've done this on a week night. she's sharing draft secrets right now with mel kuiper. orioles lost yesterday 4-1. here is justin berk. >> megan does know her stuff. it's time someone finally utilized her talents. we have a talent, showing you the most extensive look the area uh, vantage points. we have more views than anybody else. this takes us back overnight. watch the building fog getting pretty darn thick this morning. street lights are off. it's just barely visible across the parking lot and across the street. that's glen oak and baltimore. 48 degrees, 100% humidity. let's take you to baltimore

county. this is stevenson university. we can barely see across that parking lot as well. 47, tucked in the valley off green tree valley road. original stevenson campus. 47 degrees. their fog is matched in other spots. ellicot city, veterans elementary. they're at 43. we should be able to see it again in the parking lot off the top of the view. not everybody dealing with it. if you live in a place like sparrows point, you look outside at the high school. 51 and just a few clouds, not a big deal. you turn the corner and you may run into that. it could be a real problem to see traffic ahead of you. definitely seeing some of those exit signs on the highways and traffic signals. thick fog the issue. it extends back west. up north, 83 to york county. down towards d.c., eastern shore. one-hour school delay. we have ourselves a 90-minute delay in queen ann's county. we have fog because of the leftover moisture in the

evening. clear skies overnight. provided perfect conditions to cool down the air to the point we can't sustain that moisture anymore. we build up these low ground clouds. we'll build in clouds back this afternoon after sunshine returns. holding off the main moisture until this weekend. once we get the advisory out at 9:00, 70 degrees this afternoon. we'll check out the weekend forecast in just a moment. let's see what's happening on the roads as we wrap it up for you. >> you'll see fog warnings in place at some of the area bridges. including the bay bay bridge and hatem bridge this morning. fog warnings in effect for all of 895. expect some delays as you make your way around so far. you'll see slow and sluggish traffic from 95 here on the jfx. look at that. you can almost barely see the roadways, uh, people are reducing their speeds. pretty significantly. keep that in mind before you head out. couple incidents we're working. 83 from shawan towards the beltway. top side of the outer loop,

between the 83s, about a two-minute ride. down to northern parkway that's a five-minute trip. still dealing with the southbound lanes of route 1. conowingo closed. police on the scene providing a detour. we have minor delays as you make your way southbound on route 29 at broken land parkway. that crash is off to the shoulder. jamie, back to you. do you have a bendix washing machine? how about a westinghouse range? or a tap and gas oven? kim just asked can we trade in our eight-tracks. >> reporter: not for this time around. they're talking about cash for appliances right now. that might come later, jamie. i'm here at the best buy in timonium. they've opened the doors, look at this, i've been walking around. i might be in the market for something new. we have washers and dryers, everything out here. we're talking about the

appliance rebate program. it's modeled after the cash for clunkers program. this program is designed to stimulate the economy while encouraging consumers to save energy with more efficient appliances. the cash for appliances program kicks off today in conjunction with earth day. is this a government federal cash for appliances economic incentive program. right now i have ruth joining me live here, she's from bge. can you tell me, how do you know if your appliance's qualify? if someone wants to get something, how do they know if bge will participate with this program? >> first of all, you can get a rebate from bge on any energy star refrigerator or clothes washer. to get the supplemental rebates, go online to bgesmartenergy.com or talk to the sales rep at the retailer where you're buying your appliance. >> since all of these energy

efficiency programs are meant to help the environment as well as save customers money, refrigerators and freezers, bge will pick up your refrigerator or freezer, recycle it and give you $50. >> bge and the maryland energy administration have teamed up. >> we've got a single rebate form. and so, to get both the maryland energy administration rebate and the bge rebate, customer fills in a single form and sends it in. >> wonderful, thank you so much. lots of good information there. we appreciate it. >> reporter: take a look at your screen here. here's how it breaks down. maryland will offer a $300 rebate for energy star qualified heat pumps, water heaters and rebate for super efficient refrigerators. you can find more information if

you head to our website. click on the slide show for the story. it'll take you to the link for the maryland energy administration. basically, first come, first serve. fill out those forms and send it in. i'm sherrie johnson for abc2 news. 6:51. all new here this morning. if you couldn't do your work yesterday because your computer was going nuts, we'll tell you what happened here. the maker of mcafee anti-virus software went wrong and caused computers around the world to reboot, never stopping. so the update causes anti-virus program for corporate customers to misidentify a normal and harmless file as a virus. the volcanic ash could still take up to a week before thousands of travellers can get

to their destinations. we talked to two other relief passengers who were on board the british airways flight. 300 soldiers came in on another flight shortly after that. they couldn't wait to get home. >> going home and playing with my dogs and hanging out and eating. >> airline officials are questioning the government's response to the ash clouds. richard branson says he thinks planes could have flown sooner if they'd been allowed to fly and see if the ash was dangerous. losses will top $2 billion. 80% of the flights are up in the air and operating now. today the viewing will be held for former baltimore archbishop william borders. he died on monday of colon cancer. he was 96 years of age. a public viewing for the archbishop will be held at 10:30 this morning.

an oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico, researchers are still searching for about 11 workers, a total of 126 workers were aboard the rig when it blew up. 17 of them went to the hospital. four lists in critical condition. the coast guard hopes the 11 missing workers escaped on covered life boats. the president invited senate leaders from both parties to the white house. resignation of john paul stevens. the president is said to be considering about 10 people. and among the new names on the list, you have federal appeals court judge, ann williams from chicago. after yesterday's meeting the president said he wants a nominee who respects the rights of women and the privacy of their bodies. he said he won't enforce any litmus test on abortion rights. all new this morning: just 90 minutes, 90 minutes before a final deadline. the owners of skate works hammered out a deal with

baltimore county officials to keep the wood lawn rink open. negotiations lasted most of yesterday, but owners agree to hire uniformed police officers on weekend nights and close at midnight. around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, they were issued a rink license to operate for another year. the rink opened back in 2008 but since then, police have complained about rowdy crowds and disturbances outside the rink and were threatening to shut it down. constellation energy is putting a new twist on bring your child to work day. the company says the children will then spend the rest of the afternoon shadowing their moms and dads at work. constellation will plant a tree outside its headquarters and give each child a tree to plant at home. this earth day you can help the environment by planting a

tree in your own backyard. let's send you to our website at abc2news.com. click on this story in our slide show. you'll find the link to get a $25 coupon to buy a tree for earth day. 6:54 right now. you want to travel around the harbor faster than the spirit of baltimore dinner crews? this weekend we have high speed crews taking off. passengers will be whisked away. traveling at speeds up to 30 knots to the key bridge. tickets will run $20 for adults and $15 for kids. rides are expected to start this saturday if the weather permits. >> 6:55. dense fog advisory across much of the area, west of the bay. we have fog delays on the eastern shore. go to abc2news.com, click on the weather page. if you want to see weather cams across the region at your own

discretion. we're aiming for 70. yes, after about 9:00, we develop more sun. 70 this afternoon. 2-degree guarantee. near 70 again tomorrow. over the weekend, chance of showers and maybe a thunderstorm. that's saturday afternoon, evening, 65. better changs of rain throughout the day and sunday of next week. >> southbound lanes of conowingo road closed at castleton road. up in darlington. harford county. earlier crashes have been cleared up. drive times will be up because of the warnings we have in effect. 895 fog warning in place for the whole duration. we still have a nine-minute ride down to 295. 95 southbound looking good down to route 32. it'll take eight minutes on the outer loop from 795. >> i get it. that's why you're wearing red today. brake lights. >> did we leave out thing? >> let's send you to new york to watch good morning america.

we'll see you throughout the rest of the morning and on good morning maryland at 9:00. it's great. i t anything that i want.

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